The Tao Te Ching for Everyday Living

Email the podcast: DailyTaoLife@gmail.com Welcome to the Tao Te Ching for Everyday Living. I’m your host, Dan Casas-Murray. This podcast is for the Tao Curious, those looking for a random bit of wisdom once in awhile, or for those who want to dive into this wonderful teaching.I’ve been studying the Tao Te Ching for just short of a year now, and have reconnected with a natural feeling of inner peace and contentment. I don’t hold a doctorate, nor am I qualified to teach anything about the Tao Te Ching - I’m just an ordinary person who has experienced the wonderful side effects of following the Tao. Since everyone’s experience with this wisdom is different, the only thing that I can hope for is that mine helps you to connect with the Tao in your own, unique, personal way. Feel free to listen to each episode a day at a time or any time you need a quick “Tao-shot.” You can listen while on your way to work or after that, when you’re winding down. It’s always a good time to observe the Tao.In each episode, we’ll do four things:1. We’ll read a verse of the Tao Te Ching2. Break it down into everyday language3. I’ll share my own thoughts and experience4. Apply the Verse with a couple of the many ways you can put the Tao into practice for yourself.That’s pretty much how I’ve been practicing the Tao every day - by listening to Lao Tzu, reflecting on his words of wisdom, listening to other comments, and trying to practice them in everyday life.

Episodes

Tao Te Ching Verse 81: Staying Connected with Truth

Tao Te Ching Verse 81translated by Isabella MearsFaithful words may not be beautiful,Beautiful wor...

April 09, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 81 • 29:36

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Tao Te Ching Verse 80: Accessing the Utopia Within

Tao Te Ching Verse 80translated by Hua-Ching NiLet there be small communities with few inhabitants....

April 02, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 80 • 31:57

Tao Te Ching Verse 79: Staying Forgiving

Tao Te Ching Verse 79translated by Keith H. SeddonWhen a bad grudge is settled,Some enmity is b...

March 26, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 79 • 24:43

Tao Te Ching Verse 78: Staying Humble

Tao Te Ching Verse 78translated by The Tao of RivenrockThere is nothing more flexible and yielding than water.And yet there is nothing better for attacking the hard and rigid, there is nothing that can dowhat it c...

March 19, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 78 • 33:18

Tao Te Ching Verse 77: Staying Content

Tao Te Ching Verse 77translated by AnonymousThe natural order is like stretching a bowThe low bow gets pushed up highAnd the high tendon pulled downwar...

March 12, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 77 • 27:01

Tao Te Ching Verse 76: Staying Compassionate

Tao Te Ching Verse 76translated by Xiaolin YangWhen people are alive, they are soft; when...

March 05, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 76 • 32:19

Tao Te Ching Verse 75: Abstinence

Tao Te Ching Verse 75translated by Shi Fu HwangThe people suffer from hunger because their superior ...

February 26, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 75 • 29:13

Tao Te Ching Verse 74: Disqualifying Ourselves from Managing

Tao Te Ching Verse 74translated by Frederic Henry BalfourIf people do not fear death why attempt to frighten them by capital punishment?Supposing the people...

February 19, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 74 • 27:56

Tao Te Ching Verse 73: The Tao's Perfect Outcome

Tao Te Ching Verse 73translated by Isabella MearsA person with courage and daring is sla...

February 12, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 73 • 33:28

Tao Te Ching Verse 72: Reflecting

Tao Te Ching Verse 72translated by Charles JohnstonWhen the people fear not what should be feared, then what is most to be feared descends upon them....

February 05, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 72 • 29:06

Tao Te Ching Verse 71: Working Toward Conscious Awareness

Tao Te Ching Verse 71translated by Hua-Ching NiOne who regards one’s intellectual knowledge as ignorance has deep insight.One who overrates one’s i...

January 29, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 71 • 25:22

Tao Te Ching Verse 70: Paying Attention

Tao Te Ching Verse 70translated by Bruce R. LinnellMy words are very easy to understand,Very easy to practice.But there is no one in the worl...

January 22, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 70 • 31:12

Tao Te Ching Verse 69: Practicing Humility Humbly

Tao Te Ching Verse 69translated by Bram den HondThose who use weapons have a saying which goes:"I do not presume to act like the hostbut inst...

January 15, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 69 • 30:19

Tao Te Ching Verse 68: Practicing Non-Contention

Tao Te Ching Verse 68translated by Lin YutangThe brave soldier is not violent;The good fighter does not lose his temper;The great conqueror does not ...

January 08, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 68 • 26:41

Tao Te Ching Verse 67: The Three Treasures

Tao Te Ching Verse 67translated by Ellen Marie ChenAll under heaven say that my Tao is great,That it seems useless (pu hsiao).Because it is great,<...

January 01, 2021 • Season 1 • Episode 67 • 27:18

Tao Te Ching Verse 66: Leading from Behind

Tao Te Ching Verse 66translated by Dwight GoddardThe reason rivers and seas are called the kings o...

December 25, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 66 • 29:16

Tao Te Ching Verse 65: Staying on the Path

Tao Te Ching Verse 65translated by Hua-Ching NiIn ancient times, those who were well-versed in the prac...

December 18, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 65 • 35:52

Tao Te Ching Verse 64: Getting Proactive with the Tao

Tao Te Ching Verse 64translated by Sanderson BeckWhat stays still is easy to hold.Without omens it is easy to plan.The brittle is easy to shatter.The mi...

December 11, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 64 • 36:48

Tao Te Ching Verse 63: Refining Ourselves with the Tao

Tao Te Ching Verse 63translated by James Legge(It is the way of the Tao) to act without (thinking of) acting;to conduct affairs without (feeling the) trou...

December 04, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 63 • 32:56

Tao Te Ching Verse 62: Giving the Tao

Tao Te Ching Verse 62translated by Han Hiong TanDao is the safe haven for all beings.The go...

November 27, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 62 • 29:39

Tao Te Ching Verse 61: Practicing Vulnerability

Tao Te Ching Verse 61translated by Lin YutangA big country (should be like) the delta low-regions, Being the concourse of the world, ...

November 20, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 61 • 38:26

Tao Te Ching Verse 60: Un-Managing with the Tao

Tao Te Ching Verse 60translated by Han Hiong TanGoverning a big country is akin to frying a small fish.When the power of D...

November 13, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 60 • 31:25

Tao Te Ching Verse 59: Widening the Channel

Tao Te Ching Verse 59translated by Herman OuldIn the ruling of men and the serving of Heaven nothing ...

November 06, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 59 • 28:51

Tao Te Ching Verse 58: Practicing Balance

Tao Te Ching Verse 58translated by Wing-Tsit ChanWhen the government is non-discriminative and dull, The people are contented and generous. When the government...

October 30, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 58 • 33:59

Tao Te Ching Verse 57: Practicing Gentility

Tao Te Ching Verse 57translated by Xiaolin YangWhen governing a country you must be fair and just;

October 23, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 57 • 35:34